COSMIC desktop surprised me, because it's the Linux DE I've been waiting for

COSMIC is a new Linux desktop environment built from scratch in Rust with native Wayland support, shipping as the default in Pop!_OS. Unlike GNOME, it includes native window tiling and stacking without requiring extensions, fluid animations, a customizable panel system, and a built-in app store. The author argues it strikes the right balance between user-friendliness and power-user features, making it the most promising Linux DE for mainstream adoption.